I think its almost a rite of passage for any helicopter charter operation to have at least one “flying Santa” request during their tenure. When I ran one back in the late 80s for a few years, we probably did 2 or 3 of them, and of course the kids loved it. We’d get some requests as to whether we could attach reindeer to the nose and nonesuch, but they were always happy to see Santa pop out of the copter with gifts.

Thanks for providing excellent coverage to the AOPA helicopter community throughout the year. I realize we are a very small faction, and couldn’t hope to get a specialty section ala “turbine” in PILOT magazine, but it would be nice to see coverage grow from incidental mentions and occasional reprints from your blog, to something a bit more comprehensive without having to read all the copter-specific trade magazines.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

]]>By: Dale Longhttp://blog.aopa.org/helicopter/?p=447#comment-1273
Sat, 25 Dec 2010 01:49:27 +0000http://blog.aopa.org/helicopter/?p=447#comment-1273Wonderful tradition. Thanks for sharing.
If Santa lands on the LZ at the hospital where
I’m working tonight, it will be in a few inches of
snow. It’s really coming down here in Southern IL.